VLM Food Trading International, Inc., is a Canadian agricultural supplier. Illinois Trading Company, a reseller of agricultural produce, bought frozen potatoes from VLM but encountered financial difficulty and did not pay for them. VLM sued Illinois Trading, its president, and another entity in a po...
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Trevin Rounds was found guilty by a jury of being in possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(4) (Count One) and using a facility of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a juvenile to engage in sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b) (Co...
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Four defendants who were convicted of a methamphetamine conspiracy have raised multiple challenges to their convictions and sentences. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. I. BACKGROUND In January 2007, members of the Marion County sheriff s department found a number of individuals in p...
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Defendants-appellants Glenn Kamper and Joe Head appeal their respective 144-month sentences imposed for their roles in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute MDMA (also known as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or ecstasy ) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Head and Kamper both appeal their sente...
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Respondent determined deficiencies in petitioner s Federal income tax for 2002, 2003, and 2004 of $10,256, $13,179, and $24,231, respectively, and additions to tax under section 6651(a)(1) of $2,564, $1,977, and $6,058, respectively. After concessions, the sole issue for decision is whether losses...
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This collection review matter is before the Court because petitioner challenges respondent s determination notice sustaining a final notice of intent to levy (proposed collection action). See sec. 6330(d)(1). Respondent has filed a motion for summary judgment (motion). See Rule 121. Petitioner...
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Tracy Morgan, Killiu Ford, and Augustus Sanford (the Defendants ) were indicted and tried together. A jury convicted them of kidnapping, conspiracy to kidnap, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. Each defendant brought a separate appeal, raising overlapping but not identical ...
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Gregory Willis ( Willis ), who is an African-American, filed suit against his former employer, Cleco Corporation ( Cleco ), alleging race discrimination and retaliation under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. 1981. After two rounds of motions, the district court granted summary judgment to Cleco on...
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